Clinical trials: Inflammation, Brain
Critical Illness, Intensive Care Patients
IMMUNOREA - Immunological and Inflammatory Determinants Associated With the Prognosis of Intensive Care Patients
This is a prospective observational physiopathological study aimed at evaluating the immunological and inflammatory determinants associated with the prognosis of patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU).
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Intensive Care Patients, Critical Illness Requiring Intensive Care - Sepsis, Critical Illness Requiring Intensive Care - Acute Brain Injury
- Trial name
- IMMUNOREA (NCT07345169)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 540 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Traumatic Brain Injury
Co-ultra PEALut Enhances Neuronal Recovery Following Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) typically provokes secondary injury mechanisms, including the dynamic interplay between the ischemic, inflammatory, and cytotoxic processes.
- Trial name
- GLIA13 (NCT03818451)
- Testing
- Co-ultraPEALut (Glialia)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Messina
Japanese Encephalitis
Treatment of Japanese Encephalitis
Japanese encephalitis is the single largest cause of viral encephalitis in the world today. It occurs in yearly post monsoon outbreaks in Uttar Pradesh and other parts of India and south east Asia.
- Trial name
- NCT00216268
- Testing
- Ribavirin
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Indian Council of Medical Research
Alzheimer Disease
Glutathione, Brain Metabolism and Inflammation in Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with significant, progressive cognitive decline. Key defects in mitochondrial fuel metabolism insulin resistance, inflammation and decreased brain glucose uptake are linked to AD.
- Trial name
- NCT04740580
- Testing
- Glycine, N-acetylcysteine, Alanine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Central Nervous System (CNS) Lesions, Brain Metastases
Phase 2 Ascending Dose Safety and Efficacy Study of RVP-001, a Manganese-based MRI Contrast Agent
This Phase 2 clinical trial will study RVP-001, a new manganese-based MRI contrast agent, in people who are known to have gadolinium-enhancing central nervous system (CNS) lesions, for example brain tumors or multiple sclerosis.
- Conditions
- Central Nervous System (CNS) Lesions, Brain Metastases, Brain Neoplasms, Brain Neoplasms, Benign
- Trial name
- NCT06322342
- Testing
- RVP-001
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Reveal Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Alzheimers Disease
A Research Study Looking at the Effect of Semaglutide on the Immune System and Other Biological Processes in People With Alzheimer's Disease
The study is being conducted to understand how the medicine, semaglutide, affects the immune system and other biological processes in people with Alzheimer's disease.
- Trial name
- NCT05891496
- Testing
- Semaglutide
- Where
- 12 sites in United States, Canada and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Novo Nordisk A/S
Memory Disorders, Alzheimer's Disease
Prevention of Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's Disease by Ingested Interferon Alpha
In this phase I-II parallel design, randomized, double-blind clinical trial we will determine if 3,000 or 30,000 units ingested hrIFN-a prevents deterioration of cognitive functioning in patients with dementia of Alzheimer's type…
- Trial name
- NCT00031018
- Testing
- Aricept, IFN-alpha2A
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration, Dementia
PET Evaluation of Brain Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptors Using [11C]PBR28 in Frontotemporal Dementia
This study will use positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to measure a receptor in the brain that is involved in inflammation.
- Trial name
- NCT00613119
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Japanese Encephalitis, Varicella
Study of Japanese Encephalitis Chimeric Virus Vaccine (JE-CV) in Children Previously Immunized With JE-CV
The aim of the study is to investigate the memory immune response and the yearly persistence of the immunity against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) after vaccination with Japanese Encephalitis Chimeric Virus Vaccine (JE-CV) in…
- Trial name
- NCT01190228
- Testing
- JE-CV Vaccine, Varicella Vaccine
- Where
- Philippines
- Volunteers
- 454 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sanofi Pasteur, a Sanofi Company
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne
Evaluation of Long-Term Immunogenicity in Subjects Boosted With a TBE Vaccine for Adults
The purpose of this study it is to evalutate the persistence of antibodies after a booster immunisation with a TBE vaccine for adults
- Trial name
- NCT00311493
- Testing
- Tick-Borne Encephalitis vaccine
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 179 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Novartis
Alzheimer Disease
Biomarkers for Monitoring Dementia Progression
The variable course of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the paucity of adequate cures urges to implement new strategies for its early detection and clinical intervention.
- Trial name
- ADvance (NCT06855368)
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Raffaele Roma
AIDS, Progressive Multifocal Leucoencephalopathy (PML)
Do CCR5 Antagonists Improve the Overall Survival of Patients With AIDS-related Progressive Multifocal Leucoencephalopathy?
Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy (PML) is a demyelinating disease caused by John Cunningham virus (JCV) reactivation. Numerous molecules have been overstated because there were inaccurately tested in non-rigorous…
- Trial name
- NCT03969550
- Testing
- Measure of overall survival
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild
Postoperative Delirium, Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction
Modulating ApoE Signalling to Reduce Brain Inflammation, deLirium and postopErative Cognitive Dysfunction
This research study will evaluate the effectiveness and estimate the feasibility of administering an investigational drug called 'CN-105' (the study drug), to prevent postoperative cognitive decline, delirium (serious confusion)…
- Trial name
- MARBLE (NCT03802396)
- Testing
- CN-105
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 203 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Miles Berger, MD PhD
Depressive Disorder, Major, Positron-Emission Tomography
Molecular Imaging of Brain Inflammation in Depressive Disorders
In a number of neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression, both brain inflammation and glutamate mediated excitotoxicity (cell death through over-activated stimulation) are suspected to play a key role.
- Trial name
- DiME (NCT02983318)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Ventriculitis, Infectious
Effect of Probiotic and Zinc Supplementations on the Clinical Outcome in Pediatric Patients With Ventriculitis
The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of non-antibiotic-based supplemental interventions in the management of ventriculitis among pediatric patients.
- Trial name
- NCT06151392
- Testing
- Probiotic Formula, Zinc
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 140 people
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Autoimmune Encephalitis
Mechanisms of Auto-immune Encephalitis
Neurological and psychiatric diseases are one of the major health problems worldwide. Decades of fundamental and clinical research have led to the model that these disorders results from synaptic imbalance between excitatory…
- Trial name
- MECANO (NCT02905136)
- Testing
- Fundamental research
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 253 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral, HIV Infections
Toxoplasmic Encephalitis in Patients With AIDS. Treatment and Prevention of Relapse
To compare pyrimethamine and intravenous (IV) clindamycin vs. pyrimethamine and sulfonamides in the treatment of AIDS patients with central nervous system (CNS) Toxoplasma gondii.
- Trial name
- NCT00002064
- Testing
- Pyrimethamine, Clindamycin
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Acquired Brain Injury, Stroke/ Cerebrovascular Accident (Ischemic or Hemorrhagic)
Regulating Emotions and Behaviors After Brain Injury
After acquired brain injury (ABI), persons can experience emotional and behavioral difficulties, that can be painful both for the person and his/her family.
- Conditions
- Acquired Brain Injury, Stroke/ Cerebrovascular Accident (Ischemic or Hemorrhagic), Brain Tumor (After Recovery), Encephalitis
- Trial name
- GREMO-LCA (NCT05393492)
- Testing
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Radically Open dialectical behavior therapy
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Sepsis, Pre-Eclampsia
Establishment of an ELISA for the Recognition of Procalcitonin Variants in Patients With Hyperprocalcitonemia.
Procalcitonin is a protein consisting of 116 amino-acids which can rapidly rise under inflammatory conditions and sepsis. More than 20 years ago it has been shown that dipeptidylpeptidase-4 (DPP-4) cleaves procalcitonin from the…
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Pre-Eclampsia, Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis, Microscopic Polyangiitis
- Trial name
- NCT05703802
- Testing
- Procalcitonin-variants ELISA-Assay
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Muenster
Alzheimer Disease
Exploratory Study of Low-Dose Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy With HeLaXON 1X in Patients With Mild Alzheimer's Disease Dementia
This randomized, sham-controlled, exploratory clinical trial will evaluate the efficacy and safety of HeLaXON, an investigational low-dose radiation therapy device, in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease dementia.
- Trial name
- LDRT-AD-03 (NCT07863011)
- Testing
- HeLaXON 1X Low-Dose Radiation Therapy
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- ReadyCure Inc.